Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

remove the repeat and let you temporarily focus on the main pattern artwork.

8. Click in a blank area to deselect the artwork.

9. Option+Shift-drag (macOS) or Alt+Shift-drag (Windows) the blue circle in the center to a little

outside the upper-right corner of the blue pattern tile box.

Note

Don’t forget to release the mouse first and then the keys.

10. 
    

    Click in a blank area to deselect the artwork.

    
    


11. 
    

    In the Pattern Options panel, change the following options:

    
    

Choose 5 x 5 from the Copies menu to see the repeat again.

Notice that the new circle is not repeated. That’s because it’s not within the pattern tile. Only

artwork within the pattern tile is repeated.